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Mid-Century Modern Patio Ideas

Mid-century modern patios were designed for indoor-outdoor living before the phrase existed: post-and-beam houses opening through walls of glass onto a patio, a rectangular pool and a lawn or gravel garden edged with agave, olive and citrus. Breeze-block screens, terrazzo and a single accent colour finish the look.

Modern Classic Rustic Tropical Mediterranean Modern Farmhouse Coastal

Post-and-Beam Covered Patio with Breeze Block Screen

Circular Concrete Seating Wall and Fire Pit

Post-and-Beam Covered Patio with Breeze Block Screen Mid-century patio

Breeze Block Patio with Dining Pergola Mid-century patio

Circular Concrete Seating Wall and Fire Pit Mid-century patio

Mid-Century Courtyard with Concrete Fountain Mid-century patio

Concrete Paver Patio with Timber Pergola Mid-century patio

Concrete Paver Patio with Fire Table Mid-century patio

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Mid-Century Modern Patio Ideas, explained.

Look for restraint — flat planes, low furniture, one bright colour — and for the way each patio design lines up with the house's grid. Save the compositions that feel calm and sunny rather than kitsch.

Mid-century modern design lines everything up with the house. Look for flat roofs and post-and-beam overhangs, walls of glass, breeze-block screens, terrazzo or large concrete pads with gravel joints, and a rectangular pool set square to the architecture. Planting is sculptural and sparse — agave, yucca, olive, citrus, a Mediterranean fan palm — and colour comes from a single accent: an orange door, turquoise water, a yellow umbrella.